[NEWS] Some Thursday links

[rfmcdonald]

• Bloomberg notes the decline of Japan's solar energy boom with falling subsidies, suggests 1970s-style stagflation will be back, looks at how an urban area in Japan is dealing with overcrowding, looks at Russia-NATO tensions, and examines how Ireland is welcoming British bankers.


• Bloomberg View looks at the return of Russian tourists to Turkey, notes Russia is not suffering from a brain drain, looks at the Brexit vote as examining the power of the old, and argues the Chilcot report defends Blair from accusations of lying.


• CBC reports on the end of Blackberry's manufacturing of the Classic.


• The Globe and Mail notes that, once, gay white men were on the outside.


• The Independent describes claims that refugees in Libya who cannot pay their brokers risk being rendered into organs.


• The Inter Press Service describes the horrors of Sudan and looks at how Russia will use Brexit to fight sanctions in the European Union.


• MacLean's reports on the opening up of the Arctic Ocean to fishing and looks at Winnipeg support for Pride in Steinbach.


• The National Post reports on the plague of Pablo Escobar's hippos in Colombia, looks at Vietnam's protests of Chinese military maneuvers, and examines Turkey's foreign policy catastrophes.


• Open Democracy notes the desperate need for stability in Libya.


• The Smithsonian reports on how video games are becoming the stuff of history.